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High Court considers the constitutionality of DOMA, which may create tax-refund opportunities for employers and employees before April 15.

Yesterday the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC or the Commission), the bipartisan 10- member panel established by Congress to examine the causes of the financial crisis and the events surrounding the September 2008 financial market meltdown, announced the dates for its first public hearing, to take place at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 13 and Thursday, January 14, 2010 in Room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building, in Washington, D.C.

On October 12, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce conducted a hearing regarding new legislation—the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act (H.R. 3094)—which would prevent the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) from implementing changes that would help unions have greater success organizing employees.

On July 21, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Financial Reform Act), which includes new whistleblower protections that could potentially increase reporting of alleged Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the Healthcare Reform Law), presents a number of new issues for medical device manufacturers.

On October 29, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the Independent Petroleum Association of America and the U.S. Oil & Gas Association (the Associations) under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).

Agencies promise close scrutiny of hospital mergers, reverse payment settlements, and REMS abuses.

The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided in "Kappos v. Hyatt", No. 10-1219, (i) that a patent applicant is free to introduce new evidence in a civil action to obtain a patent pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 145, subject only to the rules applicable in all civil actions, even if the applicant had no justification for failing to present the evidence to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO); and (ii) that if new evidence is presented on a disputed question of fact, the district court must make de novo

On September 14, 2010, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court) issued its long-awaited decision in Akzo Nobel Chemicals and Akcros Chemicals v. Commission (Case C-550/07 P), confirming that communications between company employees and in-house lawyers are not privileged in European Union (EU) competition proceedings.

In a recent federal district court case addressing a defendant’s motion to compel, Jannx Medical Systems, Inc. v. The Methodist Hospitals, Inc., 2010 WL 4789275, U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul R. Cherry found a plaintiff’s production of electronic documents in PDF format without searchable text did not comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 (Rule 34).

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) recently modified the premerger notification form and rules for transactions reportable under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act).

European Commission proposal for a new General Data Protection Regulation aims to strengthen and harmonise data protection law across Europe.

On March 21, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that a rule to automate the Form I-94 Arrival/Departure Record and eliminate the paper version of the form has been sent to the Federal Register for publication.

Candidates who will require H-1B sponsorship and are subject to the cap cannot commence employment in H-1B status until October 1, 2013; employers should begin planning for the 2014 fiscal year.

It is anticipated that the sequester (the automatic spending cutback that went into effect on March 1, 2013) may result in diminished immigration-related services provided by federal departments and agencies, as outlined below.

Earlier today, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the district court’s dismissal of the relator’s claims in Stauffer v. Brooks Bros., Inc., No. 2009-1428.